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Open Radio Equipment Interface Open Radio Equipment Interface
In May 2010, a new ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) was created to
develop an interface specification enabling interoperability between elements
of base stations of cellular mobile network equipment. This ETSI ISG on Open
Radio equipment Interface (ISG ORI) is specifying an open interoperable
interface for Radio Equipment in distributed mobile cellular base stations –
GSM™, UMTS™ and LTE™.
In general, mobile radio base stations consist of a Base Band Unit (BBU) and
a Radio Equipment (RE), which, in a distributed base station architecture, is a
Remote Radio Head (RRH) or Integrated Active Antenna.
The ETSI ORI Industry Specification Group
The interface which is being defined by the Industry Specification Group is an
important step towards realising these benefits through widespread
deployment of distributed Radio Equipment for mobile communication
networks.
The specification that the group is preparing covers those layers of the OSI
stack required to enable interoperability, and may refer to appropriate publicly
available specifications. The interface is built on top of an interface already
defined by the CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) group. However,
options are removed and functions are added with the objective of making the
interface fully interoperable.
Refined from CPRI
specification by ETSI ORI
Refined from CPRI
specification by ETSI ORI
Out of scope of ETSI ORI
(referenced from CPRI)
Use of distributed Radio Equipment can lead to significant cost savings for a
mobile operator, especially when the connections are by fibre, as well as
offering a greater level of flexibility in network design and deployment. This
can also help reduce the visual impact of the installations.
In such schemes, further benefits can be realised by the establishment of an
open interface between the base station (BBU) and the remote equipment
(RRH). An open interface enables operators to source the base stations and
remote equipment from different vendors, helping to avoid “lock-in” to a
specific supplier and permitting a more rapid response to operational
demands and market opportunities. Additionally, such an interface allows
flexibility in equipment upgrades, as just one part of an implementation may
be replaced, rather than both ends, and valuable investments can thus be
maintained over a longer depreciation period.
Standardised interfaces also facilitate testing and troubleshooting, and reduce
development effort for test equipment suppliers.
The ETSI ORI Industry Specification Group is a direct result of requirements
work undertaken by the NGMN Alliance, in their OBRI (Open BBU RRH
Interface) project. The ISG is strongly supported by the NGMN Alliance, and
leading mobile network operators and telecommunication equipment vendors
are among the ISG’s founding members.
ISGs supplement ETSI's conventional standards development process and
provide a mechanism for the speedy preparation of technical requirements or
specifications for well-defined, specific issues, typically in response to a need
expressed by a subset of the ETSI membership.
Membership of the ORI group is open to ETSI members and other companies
who agree to sign the relevant ISG Agreement.
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GSM™, the Global System for Mobile communication, is a registered Trade Mark of the GSM Association.